To: John Valentine
Our ears don't hear where a sound is heading - NEVER - we hear the sound at it's source. Unless you are hearing an echo and your ears happen to be closer to the echo than the source.
21 posted on
12/01/2003 7:08:02 AM PST by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Unless you are hearing an echo and your ears happen to be closer to the echo than the source.witnesses said the sound from the knoll came milleseconds AFTER the shot from the building which would give it an indication of an echo, but when you are in panic, it all sounds the same. The second shooter theory has been a conspiracy that's been overplayed.
24 posted on
12/01/2003 7:27:21 AM PST by
m1-lightning
(A pure capitalist society would be one ruled by many aristocratic dictators.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Now, the subject of echoes is raised.
Echoes did not form part of Fleidermaus' argument, even his second shot at it.
He relies purely on psychological factors, especially the primacy of sight, to fool peole into thinking that they hear a sound coming from an incorrect direction.
I'm not persuaded by his line of thought, as it contrary to my own lived experience.
However, echoes are quite another matter. They can create almost indecipherable confusion. Actally it is echoes that make it difficult to locate a cricket in a room, an example he used, but did not adequately explain.
71 posted on
12/01/2003 3:38:39 PM PST by
John Valentine
("The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein)
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